Contract Technical Recruiter | Redwood City, CA (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)

Job Mobz • Redwood City, CA

7d • $70 - $90 • Hybrid

About The Position

Employer.com is partnering with a well-funded frontier AI company that is building the next generation of multimodal intelligence with applications spanning video generation, simulation, design, and robotics. Their technology is used by studios, enterprise brands, and developers worldwide. This role involves sourcing and recruiting Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across the US (Bay Area) and Europe. FDEs operate at the intersection of engineering, solutions architecture, and customer-facing implementation. The recruiter will own the sourcing and recruiting for a specialized FDE build-out, working directly with hiring leadership in a fast-paced environment with minimal hand-holding. Responsibilities include pipeline generation, screening for technical depth and customer-facing orientation, managing candidate experience, and partnering with the hiring team on calibration and process. The ideal candidate will have experience recruiting for FDEs or similar roles at companies like Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI, Hex, Glean, Retool, Dataiku, and Weights and Biases, or companies selling enterprise AI/data products with FDEs or deployment engineers in their go-to-market strategy. Experience recruiting Solutions Architects or Implementation Engineers at infrastructure or AI companies is also relevant. The role requires in-house tech recruiting experience, focus on US (Bay Area) and/or European markets, comfort in a fast-moving environment with lean process and high ownership, being Bay Area based, available to work from the Redwood City office 3 days per week, and ability to start within 1-2 weeks. This is a contract, W-2 engagement through Employer.com, estimated to be 6 months with potential for conversion. All information will be kept confidential.

Requirements

• Demonstrated history of hiring Forward Deployed Engineers or closely analogous profiles (Solutions Engineers, Implementation Engineers, Customer Engineers at companies like Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI, or similar).
• In-house tech recruiting experience; agency background alone is not a fit.
• Recruiting focus in US (Bay Area) and/or European markets; multi-market experience a plus but not required.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with lean process and high ownership.
• Bay Area based.
• Available to work from the Redwood City office 3 days per week.
• Available to start within 1-2 weeks.
• Experience recruiting at companies where FDE is a named track.
• Experience recruiting Solutions Architects or Implementation Engineers at infrastructure or AI companies.
• Experience recruiting across UK, Germany, France, or the Nordics (for European sourcing component).

Nice To Haves

• Multi-market recruiting experience (US and Europe).

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing and recruiting for a specialized FDE build-out.
• Pipeline FDE candidates across the Bay Area and/or Europe.
• Screen candidates for the right mix of technical depth and customer-facing orientation.
• Manage candidate experience.
• Partner with the hiring team on calibration and process.
• Source candidates using LinkedIn, Contra, Toptal, Loxo, Levels.fyi forums, and Blind.
• Recruit for Forward Deployed Engineers or closely analogous profiles (Solutions Engineers, Implementation Engineers, Customer Engineers).

Benefits

• Contract, W-2 through Employer.com | Flawless Talent.
• Duration Estimated to be 6 months based on hiring velocity; strong performers may be considered for conversion.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed